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ABOUT US
The Inner Strength Network (I.S.N) was set up with the aim of supporting women and girls and their families to overcome difficult moments in their lives. We are committed to gender equality issues working in the community in order to improve women's and girls' aspirations, their physical and emotional health and well-being and to support families who have been placed at a disadvantage, discriminated or faced injustice.
OUR VOLUNTEERS
Anjee; Facilitator
Lisa: Coach and Hate Crime Coordinator
Josephine: Accounts
Yasmin and Rachel ( Researchers)
We have an amazing board of professionals, many of which are specialists in their field.
Graduate from a year volunteering in marketing from a university graduate who wanted to volunteer with ISN
"I wanted to say thank you so much for giving me such an amazing opportunity to volunteer for ISN. I have learned so much from you. I feel 100 times more confident in my skills and myself since joining ISN. Thank you so much." Gemma
OUR PARTNERS
Our Partners include the following;
Children in Need
MOPAC
Merton Giving ( Merton Voluntary Council)
Wimbledon Foundation
Safer Merton partnership
Hate crime strategy group
Merton Mental Health Forum
Local Women's Refuge
London School of Economics
Merton Health
Various Schools across boroughs
The UK Say No More
Fair train- training volunteers ( https://www.fairtrain.org/ )
Continuous Professional Development ( https://cpduk.co.uk/directory/profile/inner-strength-network-cic )
Thank you for all our former funders and partners which have included Kings College University, Comic Relief, Clarion Futures, and many other amazing organizations which have supported our work.
OUR SUPPORTERS AT EVENTS INCLUDE SOME OF THE FOLLOWING;
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE at our ISN launch event in 2012
" for me, inner strength can only be described as unwavering faith that gives you the courage to fight"
Malorie Blackman OBE - ( Former Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015) at Kings College University.
" you have to believe in yourself, even when nobody else does.."
Sue Stockdale ( She became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole) supported ISN. "the only person who can help you is you"
Silver Petretti is a woman living with HIV and represented the Global Network of People Living with HIV at the UN
and many more amazing women and men who support the injustice women and girls and their families face.
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BECOME A MEMBER OF ISN
- It is free to become a member of I.S.N
- When you become a member you get access to free events.
- You will be informed first of the discount price offers.
- You will have the opportunity to participate in fantastic offers.
- You will have the opportunity to ask a question anonymously ( optional) to support you needs or issue.
- When you join you get a unique login password ( which you can change straight away). Just cut and past password onto change password and you are good to go.
Contact: admin@innerstrengthnetwork.com
WE OFFER
1-2-1 & COACHING SESSIONS:
- domestic abuse: We support women who have suffered domestic abuse both during and after it has taken place with the aim of helping them to move forward in their lives.
- for those placed at a disadvantage due to abuse.
- those who need support with self-esteem and confidence issues
- parent support
- Professional business coaching support
- go into schools/colleges/universities supporting young people
- Supervision coaching
- Supporting CEOs on developing their business especially startups.
GROUP COACHING SESSIONS
- coaching women who have suffered domestic abuse put their lives back together
- coaching young people peer sessions
- mediation in the workplace
- Hate crime support
- BAME and LGBT support
TRAINING EVENTS
Too many girls are sold the wrong information about their sexuality and we train them on how to love themselves and build resilience.
- Specific events supporting building self-esteem and confidence/Inspirational events.
- We deliver training and inspirational events for women and their families to develop self-esteem and employability.
- We deliver training for parents on e-safety issues.
- We deliver training to children on safety issues.
- We provide advocacy support to individuals who request it.
- We deliver various other empowerment events.
OUR AIMS
I.S.N provides coaching mentoring and practical support to women and girls (and their families) supporting them to overcome difficult moments in their lives. We support them to find inner strength, build resilience and aspirations. We support their physical and emotional health and well-being needs.
I.S.N plays a significant role in delivering key aspects of the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy in Merton and neighbouring boroughs by supporting women and girls to realise their potential, develop life skills to overcome traumatic situations such as ,Child Sexual Exploitation, gender based violence discrimination; poor mental health, and low self-esteem issues.
OUR VISION
1. To be the leading coaching service in Merton supporting women and girls.
We are proud to have made a 7 year impact in supporting thousands of women and girls overcome and we are delighted to be recognised as an excellent two tier service for mental health support to young people, to business women and to our women who have suffered domestic abuse.
2. To support other organisations to be the best they can be helping the community we serve.
We continue to help CEO's in business learn how to maintain their wellness in the midst of dealing with difficult situations in the workplace. This includes helping headteachers, voluntary organisations and other charities. Some of these organisations have gone on to win awards and have grown a successful business.
3. We support young people on how to stay safe using excellent ISN resillence prevention training.
We are delighted that schools within Merton and across boroughs have found our resillence programmes helpful to their students during transition, during difficult problems young people face, during trauma. These sessions focus on self esteem and confidence for both boys and girls in schools.
4. We believe in supporting women and girls to excel even after abuse.
This is includes helping them to get jobs, volunteer, set up their own business, go back to college/university and much more.
We believe in coaching you to success and supporting you to build;
Character in your organisation;
Competence as individuals ( by enhancing your skills) and;
Creativity supporting well-being, enhanced discussion and events
Our Team
Our Board
Jennifer Brown Secretary
Phil Purkiss Treasurer
Paul Bailey Advisor to the Board
Maureen Bailey Managing Director
Melanie Monaghan Chair/ Safeguarding Director
About CEO
Maureen
Bailey FRSA LLB (Hons) is an award-winning experienced women and
equalities specialist with over 25 years' experience. She fully supports other
women’s organisations. She tackles the whole life development issues
empowering all to excel. She is the CEO and Founder of the Inner
Strength Network, The Leading ladies’ programmes, and the YASS programmes within
schools raising awareness on healthy relationships and prevention against child
sexual exploitation. She was the first Head of Women's Issues Network for the
Ministry of Justice and acted as an advisor to other government departments to
set up effective networks. Maureen has a passion for building self-esteem,
overcoming abusive situations, and working effectively within the workplace. She
is a coach. mentor, trainer providing one-to-one support for women and girls,
including professionals. In recognition of her success and achievements,
Maureen was awarded the International Women of Excellence, Humanitarian Woman
of the Year Award in 2008. She is a
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Arts. (RSA) and is the Chair at the Merton
Hate Crime Strategic Group.
Our Volunteers
http://innerstrengthnetwork.com/programme/meet-the-team-
Anjee Support Facilitator
Lisa Hate Crime Coordinator/Coach
Josephine Accounts
Yasmin Researcher
Rachel Support
